LAINIO. If you travel between Pajala and Vittangi in northern Sweden, you will suddenly see a sign on the side [...]
UMEÅ. The Umeå twins Samuel and Mikael Åhdén have some joint passions – guitars, cars and music. The brothers have [...]
BODØ. The main character in Knut Hamsun’s novel “Hunger” is drifting in the streets of Kristiania, dizzy and weak from [...]
PETROZAVODSK. The music scene in the Karelian Republic is vivid and manyfolded. Folk group Myllärit and rockers Santu Karhu & [...]
PITEÅ. Scandinavia’s largest organ has now been built and installed in the northern town of Piteå. With 9 000 [...]
TROMSØ. There was a kick off party for The Insomnia Festival for Music earlier this month but the actual festival [...]
YLITORNIO. The music instrument kantele has a long tradition in Finland. According to the national epic Kalevala, it was created [...]
ARKHANGELSK. The annual jazz festival in Arkhangelsk is a must, an important meeting place for culture-minded people in the Pomor [...]
UMEÅ. Here it is for the second year running, Festival Normal, a stage art event that gives anybody who is [...]
TORNIO/OULU. Läjä [The Heap] screams and howls like a wounded animal, circling on the stage, backed by the thundering energy [...]
NARYAN MAR/SOLOVETKY ISLANDS. This weekend the festival “Polar Watercolour” takes place in the northern town of Naryan Mar, Nenets Automous [...]
LULEÅ. The culture of Norrbotten county has earlier been associated with traditional and decorative arts and crafts, lagging behind more [...]
UMEÅ. A week ago the the popfolk group Väärt, with its roots in the counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten. released [...]
OULU. Like bees to honey, Finnish music video lovers, film students and producers have been drawn to Oulu every year [...]
ARKHANGELSK. If you talk with people about the music of Arkhangelsk you will quite soon run into the name Tim [...]
TORNIOHAPARANDA. Finland’s most popular reggae artist Jukka Poika gave a concert in his old home town Tornio yesterday. Born as [...]
TRÆNA. One of the most spectacular music festivals in the Barents Region is going on right now on an island [...]
HAPARANDATORNIO. The Kalottjazz & Blues festival is in full swing in border towns Haparanda and Tornio. The intimate and [...]
CHUPA. At Midsummer, the 3rd White Noise festival was held in Chupa, on the White Sea Coast of the [...]
ERKHEIKKI. The Midsummer music and culture festival “Meänfestivaali” is this year held for the 10th time. What was once a [...]
HAPARANDATORNIO. Industry-metal band Raubtier’s third album “Från Norrland till Helvetets Port” (From Nothern Sweden to the Gate of Hell) has [...]
ROVANIEMI. There´s a campaign going on to save old dance hall Valsa (= Valistustalo [Education House], also called Tivoli [...]
PITEÅ. This season’s last ice music concert by the Eternity Orchestra [Evighetens Orkester] will be held in Piteå, Sweden, tomorrow [...]
HAPARANDA-TORNIO. Ouga Chaka! Ouga Chaka! Ouga ouga ouga chaka! Twelve hard shouting women made their own version of “Hooked on a [...]
